Paramount Skydance Corp. on Monday named the leadership team expected to run the combined company, called Skydance, after the anticipated close of its Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition this week. ...

A U.S. State Department spokesperson said Sunday that Washington is aware of a reported fatal case of suspected pneumonic plague in Russia's Irkutsk region and is "monitoring the situation closely ...

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Monday called a snap election for Nov. 29 after lawmakers rejected two bills aimed at quelling pressure on the country's housing market late last week.

Brazil's presidential race is headed to a runoff vote between opposition candidate Flávio Bolsonaro and incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Oct. 25, electoral authorities said after Sunday's gen...

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the creation of the Prime Minister's National Council on Artificial Intelligence on Friday, a 13-member advisory body to "provide independent, practica...

The United Arab Emirates prosecutor general, Hamad Saif Al Shamsi, said Saturday that the co-pilot of FlyDubai flight FZ1073 attacked the captain inside the cockpit with a crash axe and tried to ta...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation Wednesday setting 18 as the minimum age to marry or enter a domestic partnership, making it the 18th state to ban child marriage without exception si...

A flight initially suspected of being hijacked landed safely at Saudi Arabia's Tabuk Airport at around 9:50 a.m. local time, with security sources telling the media that the incident was caused by ...

U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday directing all executive branch departments and agencies to replace "artificial intelligence" with "Super Intelligence" and "SI" in offi...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Tuesday she is calling for outside counsel to conduct a review of Cornell University's response to a 2024 alleged gang rape following a lawsuit from the accuser, say...

The U.S. Dept. of Education finalized a rule in July requiring college programs to show their graduates out-earn workers with less education, or risk losing access to federal loans.

Two separate mass shootings near South Africa's two largest cities killed at least 27 people, police said Sunday. No arrests had been made in either case, and authorities said they were searching f...

Speaking to reporters at the White House on Saturday, U.S. President Donald Trump said, "I reject their [Iran's] proposal," arguing Tehran sought an immediate reopening of the waterway because it w...

Beijing announced Saturday that the U.S. and China agreed to a $30 billion reciprocal tariff reduction and to launch a bilateral dialogue on artificial intelligence, two outcomes from President Xi ...

Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt signed an order Saturday declaring all 50 of the capital's districts disaster zones, expanding an earlier designation that covered only Nong Chok, Suan Luang an...

OpenAI disclosed Friday that its AI agents interacted with U.S. government websites in unexpected ways, accessing publicly available material from two Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sites...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday granted the Trump administration's emergency request to resume using a revamped federal citizenship database to check voter rolls, lifting a lower court order that ...

Denmark's Defence Intelligence Service warned Thursday of a "low but growing risk" that Russia could carry out a limited military attack "in the coming months" against one or several NATO countries...

Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan plan to hold an urgent meeting of their chiefs of staff to discuss ways to support the kingdom under the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement, which holds that an attack ...

U.S. President Donald Trump hosted Chinese President Xi Jinping at a White House state dinner Thursday night, the second day of a three-day visit. Protesters chanted outside the White House during ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the 81st United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, defending Israel's conduct in Gaza and rejecting genocide accusations, which he called "the...

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Wednesday that an OpenAI agent gained unauthorized access to a government Medicare statistics portal in June, calling the incident "unacceptable" and...

U.S. Vice President JD Vance said Tuesday that the administration is canceling about 315,000 Affordable Care Act marketplace enrollments covering roughly 760,000 people, alleging improper or fraudu...

The U.N. Security Council held a high-level briefing Wednesday on AI and international security, chaired by French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot. France holds the council's rotating presidency ...

Hurricane Polo has weakened to a Category 4 storm, with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph (241 kph), as reported by the U.S. National Hurricane Center. Forecasters expect fluctuations in intensity...

Sri Lanka's High Court convicted 15 of 24 men Tuesday over the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks, handing down prison terms of 200 to 260 years and ordering the confiscation of their movable and immovable...

The European Union and the Philippines announced Tuesday they had reached "substantial agreement" on a Free Trade Agreement following a video call between EU Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic and P...

Researchers reported in the journal Science Bulletin that the forgetfulness many women experience in pregnancy, known as "momnesia" or "pregnancy brain," may stem from sustained high estrogen level...

Over 20 countries issued a joint declaration Monday on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York, stating that AI "must remain under human direction, oversight and control" and be used...

U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced a new "National Centre for Information Defence" in his address to the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, tasking security chiefs to "detect, at...

Tigrayan forces seized control of Alula Aba Nega Airport in Mekelle, the capital of Ethiopia's Tigray region, security and local sources said Wednesday. Two local sources told Reuters the takeover ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, following a 40-minute meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at the U.N. on Tuesday, said that the pair discussed ending the more-than-four-year war with ...

Fremont, Nebraska's Civil Service Commission held a hearing Friday on Andrew Coates' petition after the city rejected his firefighter application, and the commission determined it could not address...

Speaking to the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump said he faces a "big decision" on Iran: reaching a deal that would let it rebuild, or annihilating the Islamic Republic...

Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar told parliament Monday that Hungary would not attend Ukraine's regional Carpathian Eight initiative despite invitation, saying: "We had a good reason not to go."

The White House launched a 24/7 YouTube livestream called "Trump TV: The Essentials Station" at 7 p.m. ET on Monday, days after President Donald Trump barred CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White...

The White House launched a 24/7 YouTube livestream called "Trump TV: The Essentials Station" at 7 p.m. ET on Monday, days after President Donald Trump barred CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White...

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression announced Tuesday a federal lawsuit against the city of Kingsport, Tenn., its police chief and several officers on behalf of Joshua Gibbons, who ...

Under an agreement set to be signed Tuesday, the U.S. plans to re-establish the Cold War-era Narsarsuaq base in southern Greenland and create a presence at Mestersvig, an east coast outpost used by...

A senior Iranian official said Tuesday that Tehran could reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days if Washington eases military pressure and lifts its blockade of Iranian ports, according to re...

Lindsay Clancy's lawyer, Kevin Reddington, asked a Massachusetts judge to investigate the lone juror who wanted to convict her, questioning his alleged cellphone use during deliberations and his tr...

Alibaba unveiled its new AI chip, the Zhenwu V900, at its Apsara Conference in Hangzhou on Tuesday. Described as China's most powerful chip to date, its processor supposedly delivers three times th...

Alibaba unveiled its new AI chip, the Zhenwu V900, at its Apsara Conference in Hangzhou on Tuesday. Described as China's most powerful chip to date, its processor supposedly delivers three times th...

Houthi fighters on Monday moved to capture strategic high ground in Yemen that would sever the Red Sea coast from territory still held by Saudi-backed forces, with combat centered on the Al-Wazi'iy...

Brazil's main opposition presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro has expanded his lead over incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in prediction markets, with his odds of winning the electio...

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Monday that Paramount Skydance and a 12-state coalition had settled the antitrust lawsuit challenging the company's acquisition of Warner Bros. Disco...

Major television networks agreed Monday to suspend their pooled coverage of U.S. President Donald Trump after the White House refused to let CNN serve as the pool representative, an escalation in t...

Russia's Central Election Commission said Monday that Vladimir Putin's party, United Russia, won around 57% of the party-list vote with more than 95% of ballots counted, up from the 49.8% it receiv...

Typhoon Dujuan passed near Japan's eastern Pacific coast Monday evening without making landfall, moving northeast at about 35 kph, roughly 130 kilometers from Katsuura in Chiba Prefecture, accordin...

French President Emmanuel Macron hosted Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Sunday in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, a French territory located approximately 25 kilometres (15.5 miles) from Newfoundl...